:00:04. > :00:13.Hello from South Bristol. Tonight, the dramatic personal journey of an
:00:13. > :00:17.I will be pretty much on the alcohol from the moment I wake—up really. I
:00:17. > :00:23.just want not to be thinking of drink all the time. I just want
:00:23. > :00:29.just want not to be thinking of be respected again and liked again.
:00:29. > :00:36.Also tonight, the modest man behind When you are standing at the bottom
:00:36. > :00:42.of Park Street and you look up the hill and there is this tower. It is
:00:42. > :00:56.I'm Alastair McKee and this is First, an extraordinary insight
:00:56. > :00:59.I'm Alastair McKee and this is one man's fight to give up alcohol
:00:59. > :01:05.before it kills him. Andy Farlow drinks up to 10 litres of cider
:01:05. > :01:05.before it kills him. Andy Farlow day. We follow his painful journey
:01:05. > :01:19.through detox. Matthew Hill has It is 5am in Hengrove in Bristol.
:01:19. > :01:24.Andy Farlow has been awake for an hour. I tend to wake up very early
:01:24. > :01:28.morning. I will have my cup of tea first and I will be on the alcohol
:01:28. > :01:32.from the moment I wake up really from after that cup of tea. And
:01:33. > :01:41.from the moment I wake up really I will find myself drinking until I
:01:41. > :01:44.have not enjoyed it for ages, but it is a part of my life and since my
:01:44. > :01:53.wife died ten years ago, I have is a part of my life and since my
:01:53. > :01:58.drinking all the time and I need to do something. I'm 48 years of age
:01:58. > :02:06.and if I don't do something, I will I haven't got my children with me
:02:06. > :02:11.now and that's down to drink and Andy has two 14—year—old boys who
:02:12. > :02:17.are being looked after by a family friend. I feel terribly guilty that
:02:17. > :02:22.I'm not the one that's caring for them. I just want not to be thinking
:02:22. > :02:34.of drink all the time. In a year respected again and liked again
:02:34. > :02:45.As well as being an alcoholic, Andy suffers from schizophrenia, a mental
:02:45. > :02:54.voices. He Dricks up —— I drinks up to ten litres of cider a day. This
:02:54. > :03:02.is my downstairs. I have not been able to use it at all for a long
:03:02. > :03:10.time due to drink. As you can see, suppose, no alcoholic's house is
:03:10. > :03:20.pretty. It will be when I'm sober. He doesn't eat properly. These are
:03:20. > :03:26.the remains of the last meal he He doesn't eat properly. These are
:03:26. > :03:46.And that was two days ago. I feel Everywhere. Andy can't just stop
:03:46. > :03:52.drinking. Doctors have told him Everywhere. Andy can't just stop
:03:52. > :03:59.he does, he could die. He needs professional help. This unit in
:03:59. > :04:07.Bristol is the only NHS funded hospital in the city which has an
:04:07. > :04:11.inpatient facility for alcohol detox. We manage that by giving
:04:11. > :04:13.people replacement drugs for the alcohol and then lowering them over
:04:13. > :04:27.alcoholic every fortnight. Andy alcohol and then lowering them over
:04:27. > :04:31.been on a waiting list for two months. Today, is the day he has
:04:31. > :04:38.been waiting so long for. He is about to begin his detox. A new
:04:38. > :04:45.start now. A new start now which I'm determined as hell not to wreck
:04:45. > :04:47.anymore. So this is the best thing that's going to happen to me. It
:04:47. > :04:50.really is. He has agreed to let that's going to happen to me. It
:04:50. > :04:57.follow him through the process. that's going to happen to me. It
:04:57. > :05:01.is the first time cameras have been allowed in. Andy has discussed how
:05:01. > :05:06.much he was drinking and he was drinking approximately 40 to 50
:05:06. > :05:22.units a day. So that's equivalent to a bottle—and—a—half of spirits.
:05:22. > :05:39.The staff book him in and take him to his room. He will spend the next
:05:39. > :05:55.searched for alcohol and other breathalyzed so they can work out
:05:55. > :06:07.long, slow breath. That's it. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
:06:07. > :06:10.It is 0.6. Right. OK. So we need it to be a little down and then we
:06:11. > :06:11.It is 0.6. Right. OK. So we need it start your medication. Okey dokey.
:06:11. > :06:30.Thank you. Here we go to detox. start your medication. Okey dokey.
:06:30. > :06:37.the best man win and he is dying to. Room six. Where is that garden?
:06:37. > :06:54.It has been 36 hours since he was admitted and Andy is starting to
:06:54. > :06:57.sober up. It is making him feel anxious so he has come to see the
:06:57. > :07:22.REPORTER: You seem to be worried, what's the problem? I can't stop
:07:22. > :07:26.little bit concerned about my home. It is empty at the moment because my
:07:26. > :07:36.friends are looking after my dog. schizophrenia is becoming more
:07:36. > :07:43.pronounced. My voices are getting stronger and louder, but they are
:07:43. > :08:05.Andy is given alcohol replacement drugs, painkillers and a sedative to
:08:05. > :08:16.help him through the night. Thank you. I have had my meds again and I
:08:16. > :08:36.will calm down in 10 or 15 minutes. I'm just concerned about my voices
:08:36. > :08:41.REPORTER: What sorts of things are they saying? I don't discuss that. I
:08:41. > :08:48.don't. I discussed it once and they sectioned me. I'm not being rude,
:08:48. > :08:54.but they might. They are personal voices. I made a cup of tea and
:08:54. > :08:54.but they might. They are personal going to go and drink that. I will
:08:54. > :09:19.As well as the drugs, Andy has found another way of coping with his
:09:19. > :09:23.worsening mental health. It helps me distract from my voices because
:09:23. > :09:28.worsening mental health. It helps me have to concentrate fully on what
:09:28. > :09:41.I'm playing. It is really good for Sometimes I rock it out without
:09:41. > :10:09.It is midnight and lights out. It is time to try and get some sleep.
:10:09. > :10:12.It is midnight and lights out. It is staff check on him hourly. But for
:10:12. > :10:14.Andy, the drugs seem to be working and he sleeps soundly through his
:10:14. > :10:27.It has been five days and Andy has started to take an interest in the
:10:27. > :10:33.garden. Part of the therapy here is for patients to grow their own
:10:33. > :10:39.reintroducing them to food. I think I have got all my carbohydrates
:10:39. > :10:42.reintroducing them to food. I think what have you fr alcohol. I am
:10:42. > :10:45.eating three meals here. I am going to have to continue that when I
:10:45. > :10:50.leave detox and go home. I can't afford to go back to how I was.
:10:50. > :10:54.Have you thought about a drink? Do you know, I think about a drink
:10:54. > :10:59.every day, several times a day. you know, I think about a drink
:10:59. > :11:05.reasonably confident that I can carry it off and I can remain sober.
:11:06. > :11:11.More so because I want to build carry it off and I can remain sober.
:11:11. > :11:20.contact with my children, my lovely children. I miss them terribly.
:11:20. > :11:22.next time they see me, I want them to see daddy well. I want them to
:11:22. > :11:38.see me sober. I would like them to see daddy well. I want them to
:11:38. > :11:55.It's been a week and Jan has come to Hi, how are you? You are towards the
:11:55. > :12:13.tail end of the medication to help Not too sedated, but not to alert?
:12:13. > :12:17.Alcohol detox, with appropriate care, goes smoothly. It is not a
:12:17. > :12:22.problem, people whether it. He has weathered it well. He is now trying
:12:22. > :12:25.to move on and unpack all the issues that were there that the alcohol was
:12:25. > :12:29.Andy's body has been weaned off that were there that the alcohol was
:12:29. > :12:39.chemical dependence on alcohol. that were there that the alcohol was
:12:39. > :12:42.What we do first of all is look that were there that the alcohol was
:12:42. > :12:44.what recovery is. Group therapy that were there that the alcohol was
:12:44. > :12:48.other reformed addicts is a key that were there that the alcohol was
:12:48. > :12:50.Andy's not had a drink now for that were there that the alcohol was
:12:50. > :13:01.days. It's something others in the I remember how difficult it was
:13:01. > :13:03.days. It's something others in the to drink for one day. Through my own
:13:03. > :13:11.willpower, I couldn't stop myself. For 12 days. Hats off to you, mate.
:13:11. > :13:18.That's the end of today's workshop. Since I've been doing that, I've
:13:18. > :13:26.been affecting me for years. It Since I've been doing that, I've
:13:26. > :13:35.me even more determined to stay sober. I'm absolutely determined to
:13:35. > :13:54.stay sober. I got three more nights totally safe. Then I go home to
:13:54. > :13:55.stay sober. I got three more nights It's... It's a little bit daunting.
:13:55. > :14:02.The reality is, I don't know if It's... It's a little bit daunting.
:14:02. > :14:05.going to be sober for the rest of my life, but that is my intention.
:14:05. > :14:18.It's been two weeks and today Andy's going home. He's finished the detox.
:14:18. > :14:22.Take care. Like you very much. I was really nervous about leaving the
:14:22. > :14:26.ward but I'm optimistic now. I'm really excited about going home
:14:26. > :14:28.ward but I'm optimistic now. I'm seeing my animals. And seeing my
:14:28. > :14:33.kiddies soon and just to get back in to society. I've had a really good
:14:33. > :14:39.detox all the staff have been great and the service users but I just
:14:39. > :14:50.one of 26 alcoholics to get funding You can detoxify, that's easy. Most
:14:51. > :14:57.people think if I detoxify I'm addicted, I've climbed the mountain
:14:57. > :15:02.reality is here's the molehill of detox and then there's two to three
:15:02. > :15:07.years of climbing up. Easy to fall back down. That two to three years
:15:07. > :15:11.requires input and support. If they leave and there's no support for
:15:11. > :15:14.them then the next time they have a crisis, the first thing they'll
:15:14. > :15:18.think of is to reach for the bottle. But if they have the support from
:15:18. > :15:31.services like the AA or drug and rehab services then that improves
:15:31. > :15:41.their chances. Everything improves Andy's friends have been true to
:15:41. > :16:00.their word. They've cleaned his house. This is different. This is
:16:00. > :16:05.not how I left it, either. This house. This is different. This is
:16:05. > :16:08.brilliant. I realise that I can house. This is different. This is
:16:08. > :16:15.this, and I've got the support in the community. I will have support
:16:15. > :16:18.from mental health stop under got somebody on the end of a phone
:16:18. > :16:27.should I be tempted to drink, which It's been a month and Andy's still
:16:27. > :16:33.dry. Today is the tenth anniversary of his wife's death. He's come to
:16:33. > :16:44.Bedminster Down Cemetery with his This will be the first year since
:16:44. > :17:21.your mummy died that I've not been a Make it a big change? As in, not
:17:21. > :17:30.It's obviously a very sad day for us all. It's good to be sober. It means
:17:30. > :17:38.more, I think. It means more respect to Mandy that I'm not drinking.
:17:38. > :17:42.more, I think. It means more respect just a sad day. It is ten years
:17:42. > :17:56.today. I keep thinking, ten years gone. Lots of respect for my mum and
:17:56. > :18:02.my dad as well for, like, stopping I think it's a great improvement.
:18:02. > :18:09.illness, schizophrenia, the alcohol wasn't helping at all. Knowing he's
:18:09. > :18:30.stopped that will make a great year's time, you'd see me as I am
:18:30. > :18:41.now, but even better. And hopefully I'll have my children back. They
:18:41. > :18:51.haven't got a mummy. In a year's time, I'll be one year sober. As
:18:51. > :18:56.one—year—old. But it is just for today. You live just for today.
:18:56. > :19:02.one—year—old. But it is just for just for today, I'm not going to
:19:02. > :19:10.And it's been 126 days for Andy since filming and he's not had a
:19:10. > :19:14.drink. Well done to him. For more information and support relating to
:19:14. > :19:17.the issues in Andy's film you can visit the BBC action line website —
:19:17. > :19:30.that's bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for recorded information on
:19:30. > :19:36.hours—a—day and are free from most landlines. Some networks and mobile
:19:36. > :19:39.operators will charge for the calls. Next tonight, anyone who has visited
:19:39. > :19:44.Bristol will be familiar with its yet there was much less fanfare
:19:44. > :19:46.Bristol will be familiar with its the life of their architect Sir
:19:46. > :19:56.George Oatley, as Mark Horton has architecture, but one building looms
:19:56. > :20:02.large in every vista — the Wills Memorial Building. Yet the man who
:20:02. > :20:05.created the so—called "Lantern of the West" was a private man who
:20:05. > :20:09.loathed publicity, and his humble life was a stark contrast to the
:20:09. > :20:21.characterises much of his work in Even the building where I work — the
:20:21. > :20:28.designed by George Oatley. Much Even the building where I work — the
:20:28. > :20:31.Bristol's wealth was generated by the great non—conformist families
:20:31. > :20:35.such as the Wills, the Robinsons and non—conformist himself, was able to
:20:35. > :20:45.rely on them as the patrons for non—conformist himself, was able to
:20:45. > :20:47.His parents were members of one non—conformist himself, was able to
:20:47. > :20:50.the wealthiest and most influential the building and restoration of
:20:50. > :20:56.churches was to play a key role the building and restoration of
:20:57. > :20:59.Sir George Oatley's working life. The most important restoration that
:20:59. > :21:13.Oatley believed he'd been entrusted was John Wesley's New Room. Built by
:21:13. > :21:16.the movement's founder, this is was John Wesley's New Room. Built by
:21:16. > :21:23.oldest Methodist chapel in the century, Oatley restored it to its
:21:23. > :21:31.simple, yet beautiful original state, in which it seems that time
:21:31. > :21:34.has stood still. But the decade leading up to this project, the
:21:34. > :21:42.1920s, was perhaps the most prolific I've come to the Physics laboratory
:21:42. > :21:49.at the University of Bristol, one of the many Oatley—designed projects
:21:49. > :21:52.funded by the Wills family. Brian Pollard is the department archivist.
:21:53. > :21:54.So Brian, why did the University think it needed such a grand Physics
:21:54. > :22:06.I think Artur Tindall, the head think it needed such a grand Physics
:22:06. > :22:11.appreciated that there would be think it needed such a grand Physics
:22:11. > :22:17.rapid growth of physics. It would be a subject that would influence
:22:17. > :22:19.industry and technology. Wills paid for Tindall and also orderly to
:22:19. > :22:24.visit the United States where many of the new colleges and universities
:22:24. > :22:29.were building buildings at the cutting edge. He brought back ideas
:22:29. > :22:49.of how to build a state—of—the—art Is this actually fit for purpose of
:22:49. > :22:54.The architect's brief was to be sympathetic to the design of the
:22:54. > :23:03.original building. He asked if the interior walls could be moved to
:23:03. > :23:20.He had enough foresight to build a space fit for the 21st—century full
:23:20. > :23:22.Oatley's most important creation, building, is the Wills Memorial
:23:22. > :23:27.million pounds to build over a building, is the Wills Memorial
:23:27. > :23:30.year period interrupted by the First World War, there is much more to
:23:30. > :23:35.this great edifice than the tower that dominates the view from the
:23:35. > :23:38.The glorious entrance hall is more befitting of a cathedral than a
:23:38. > :23:40.enormous Founder's Window, and probably the last fan vault ceiling
:23:40. > :23:54.built in Britain, 75 feet above probably the last fan vault ceiling
:23:54. > :23:58.ground. At the top of the stairway, sits the bust of Sir George Oatley.
:23:58. > :24:06.Sarah Whittingham, to find out more So Sarah, here we are in the Council
:24:06. > :24:11.extraordinary structure this, is it Oh, I think so yes, in terms of
:24:11. > :24:13.extraordinary structure this, is it scale of it, the monumentality of
:24:13. > :24:17.it. When you're standing at the bottom of Park Street and you look
:24:17. > :24:21.up the hill there is this soaring tower at the top of it, it lifts the
:24:21. > :24:25.spirits, it's a symbol of Bristol. To what extent do you feel that
:24:25. > :24:29.spirits, it's a symbol of Bristol. incompatible with his much more
:24:29. > :24:33.modest non—conformity background? His patrons shared his beliefs,
:24:33. > :24:36.modest non—conformity background? he practised his profession as a
:24:36. > :24:39.means of serving God, and if the Wills brothers wanted a grand,
:24:39. > :24:46.prominent building on the top of Park Street that's what he would
:24:46. > :24:51.Do you think Oatley would have been comfortable with the grandeur of the
:24:51. > :24:58.He really had to go with it, because Bristol. The streets were full of
:24:58. > :25:00.rooftops to see the King and Queen. Oatley said to someone that he
:25:00. > :25:04.really didn't want to be there. Oatley said to someone that he
:25:04. > :25:10.said that if your buildings were any themselves. If they aren't then
:25:10. > :25:14.And would he have been happy with He didn't tell anyone about it.
:25:14. > :25:17.And would he have been happy with didn't tell his family. They read
:25:17. > :25:20.about it in the papers. When he actually went to get the knighthood
:25:20. > :25:25.at the Palace in London, he didn't take his wife. He was very much
:25:26. > :25:32.at the Palace in London, he didn't Bristol architect serving his city
:25:32. > :25:35.So perhaps in this anniversary year we should celebrate his memory.
:25:35. > :25:44.He may not have wanted us to, but I It wasn't just for young people
:25:44. > :25:46.He may not have wanted us to, but I Oatley built grand buildings, but
:25:46. > :25:55.here at St Monica's he constructed more of a mansion than a nursing
:25:55. > :25:57.home for the old people of Bristol. Through the ornate entrance, bearing
:25:58. > :26:00.the monograms of the project's benefactors, Henry Herbert and Mary
:26:01. > :26:04.Monica Wills, you enter a corridor which is an eighth of a mile long,
:26:04. > :26:09.with private rooms on one side, facing south into the vast gardens,
:26:09. > :26:23.Augustine's Chapel — the final part This was the chapel that Oatley
:26:23. > :26:29.could never build in the secular university. Money was no object
:26:29. > :26:42.could never build in the secular creating this magnificent Gothic
:26:42. > :26:49.But the best bit is the garden front facing out over some 12 acres of
:26:49. > :26:53.parkland. One of the wings is in this kind of Tudor, Arts and Crafty
:26:53. > :26:57.style, but it doesn't prepare you Jacobethan style with all these
:26:57. > :27:03.classical details and things, just like actually what he was building
:27:03. > :27:08.at the same time in the University. But that's hardly surprising because
:27:08. > :27:11.it's 1925. What I find extraordinary is that all these grand buildings
:27:11. > :27:14.were going up at the same time, using the same craftsmen and the
:27:14. > :27:18.Vehemently anti—publicity, Oatley continued to work steadily up to his
:27:18. > :27:22.death in 1950, but never again on projects as iconic as those he
:27:22. > :27:35.carried out in the 1920s, which earned him his Knighthood. He was
:27:35. > :27:45.interest from the press and public — So here we are. George Herbert
:27:45. > :27:53.Oatley, 1863 to 1950. What's so interesting about this tombstone is
:27:53. > :28:17.simple, very plain. But actually did he need a grand tomb, because his
:28:17. > :28:21.extraordinary buildings in Bristol. Well, that's just about it for this
:28:21. > :28:25.week but if you'd like to keep in touch with what we're up to then you
:28:25. > :28:36.can find us on Twitter. Or you can email us: But from all of us here in
:28:36. > :28:45.Bristol thanks for watching and goodnight. Next week: food glorious
:28:45. > :28:48.food — an Inside Out special asks do We are going to take a sample of